Humans are sexual beings and it cannot be disputed that our
sexuality plays a major role in our lives. Sexuality is an integral part of our
personalities whether we are aware of it or not and the sex drive is one of the
most powerful drives we have to deal with. Unlike lower animals, our desire for
sexual activity is more complex than just an internal prime directive to
reproduce and propagate the species. Rather, there are a variety of factors
that cause people to want to have sex.
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While no two people are exactly the same where it comes to
what turns them on sexually, researchers say that sexual arousal begins for
both men and women in the brain. That is the brain responds to a stimulus,
either thoughts or visual images and the arousal cycle begins. Physical
attraction, the desire to look and touch because what you see is pleasant or
arousing on a biological level can trigger sexual desire.
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Why discuss human sexuality in an article about nudism?
After all, don't we all know that nudity within the context of nudist culture
in not sexual? Almost immediately after getting involved in the lifestyle, we
are exposed to the near continuous drumbeat, 'nudity is not sexual' and we
dutifully recite it like a mantra. It seems rather odd that after eighty some
odd years since nudism took root in our culture, we have yet to convince society
at large that nude is not lewd. I've lost count of the number of nudist sites I
have visited where I've found the common obligatory blurb, "That nudity
implies sexuality is the biggest misconception that naturists have to
fight" or something quite similar. What is the matter with society? Why
aren't people listening? Haven't we told them millions, perhaps billions of
time that nudity is not sexual? Perhaps the reason the message has been so
ineffective is because society simply doesn't believe us.
Joel Feinberg, the late political and social philosopher
once wrote, "The unresolved conflict between instinctual desires and
cultural taboos leaves many people in a state of unstable equilibrium and a
readiness to be wholly fascinated, in an ambivalent sort of way, by any
suggestion of sexuality in their perceptual fields. We are drawn ineluctably
toward the sexual suggestiveness of the naked body, then ashamed of our own
reaction." Since most can identify with Feinberg's observation, society
just doesn't buy it when nudists say nudity isn't sexual, knowing from personal
experience that 'Joe it just ain't so.' In addition those in the broader
culture also know by experience that there are some very clear connections
between nudity and sex. For one thing getting naked is the prelude to sex for
most people and the exposure of genitals is by implication sexual because that
is the context in which they are most often used. The more we repeat something
that many outside our lifestyle regard as an outright lie, the less credibility
we have as a subculture and the more suspicious society becomes as to why we
are being deceptive.
When it comes to nudity and sex, I think many nudists have
misunderstood the message and when they tell others that nudity is not sexual,
believing they are espousing the party line, they are actually getting it
wrong. A review of the websites of three respected nudist/naturist
organizations didn't turn up a single blanket disavowal of any connect between
nudity and sex.
"TNS adamantly rejects the use of the term
"naturism" as a cover for sexual activity. Naturists do not deny the
sexual nature of human beings, but they reject the all too prevalent view in
our society that nudity and sex are synonymous, and that children should be "protected"
from nudity regardless of context. To repeat: nude is not lewd."
The Naturist Society
"Do men get visibly excited? Not often. Nudist clubs
are far less sexually charged than places where bikinis, thongs, or other
provocative clothing, are worn. On the rare occasion where this occurs, simply
don a towel, turn over, or take a quick dip in the pool.
American Association for Nude
Recreation
"Isn't nudity
sexual?
Most of the people who visit a naturist club/beach for the
first time are surprised by the lack of sexuality. Some expect a sexually
charged atmosphere, since in North America we see others nude in sexual
situations such as love scenes in movies, in magazines and in videos.
However, the link between nudity and sexuality is arbitrary.
In Victorian times, to see a woman's knees was very sexual because they were
supposed to be hidden all the time. We expose some parts of our bodies which
are as sexual as those which we hide. Our lips, for example, are probably as
involved in sexuality as our genital areas. Yet people walk around exposing
their lips without causing mass arousal.
You will probably find that suggestively clothed people are
more arousing than completely nude people. It can be more sexual to wear a
bathing suit which subtly hides and emphasizes certain parts of the body.
That nudity implies sexuality is the biggest misconception
that naturists have to fight. As a result, you may find them to be
over-sensitive to it. This is not to say that naturists are against sexuality.
They just believe, like most of society, that there is an appropriate time and
place for it. It also means that there is nothing wrong with finding a person
attractive, whether he or she is nude or not.
Federation of Canadian Naturists
The Naturist Society speaks of context, the American
Association for Nude Recreation admits that some men may become visibly excited
in a social nudity setting by recommending steps men can take if it occurs and
the Federation of Canadian Naturists offers the opinion that there is nothing
wrong with finding a nude person attractive.
Nudists who categorically deny that there isn't anything
sexual about nudity are being dishonest when trying to explain the lifestyle to
someone and more importantly being dishonest with themselves. Of course many
who do it have good intentions. What they are really trying to do is dispel the
misconceptions that social nudity gatherings are sexually-charged atmospheres,
that nudists engage in social nudity because they want to look at and lust for
other naked people, or that nudist clubs and resorts are a cover for non-stop,
hedonist orgies or swinger parties.
When explaining nudism, stick to the facts and don't use a
blanket denial that there isn't any relationship between nudity and sex in
nudist culture. That hurts nudist credibility and is really a disservice to the
nudist community as a whole. Nine times out of 10 haters are not convincible
anyway. In my experience people who believe all the negative things about
nudists want to believe them and people with an open mind will believe the
truth despite all the negative things that are said or written about nudism.
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Nudists aren't asexual or immune from sometimes experiencing
arousal when seeing another naked person they find attractive. To be fair, when
that occurs they would just as likely find the person attractive even if they
were clothed so nudity isn't usually the issue. The real truth isn't that
nudists are never aroused by nudity but that nudists make a distinction between
sexual nudity and non-sexual social nudity. It isn't about a biological drive
that a person really has no control over but how a person chooses to behave in
a particular context while nude which everyone does have the ability to
control. It is really as simple as that.
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